2009 Trends
It is again time to predict the new year. Wired has listed some technology trends for 2009. American National Venture Capital Association has predicted 2009 VC environment. Their approach is of course...
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CEO Update
It’s been a while since the last Grow VC update post, so I think it’s time to share some insight on what’s been going on in the past months. First a bit about our schedule. Last December I wrote: “We...
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Partner Group – Introducing our groups in LinkedIn
Grow VC Partners group will be for the partner members when Grow VC service will be launched. We may also be looking for some suitable certified partners that could be involved with Grow VC before the...
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More capital entering the lower level of the startup funding ecosystem
Again this post in Funding post continues from the topic of serious bootstrapping trend. More start-ups being capital efficient (good thing for entrepreneurs) etc. This comment below highlights the...
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Update – Grow VC private Beta
By stargazr441 A warm welcome to all new readers and members in Grow VC. It’s now been a bit over two weeks from our first beta launch, that we had scheduled for the 2nd Q of 2009. So it’s a good time...
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The process from idea to competitive startup
Building a successful startup from an idea to successful launch and beyond is a mysterious process for many. There is so much information out there and it can be very difficult to obtain what is the...
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Grow VC launches its public beta
29 September 2009 – Hong Kong and London – Grow VC, the global web service that enables transparent, easy early stage funding for web and mobile startups, has today launched its public beta. New...
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First service investment platform in the world: invest sweat equity globally
Grow VC launched the service investment concept in this week. Grow VC is the first global platform for service investment or “sweat equity” opportunities – so experts and investors can invest in...
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Finance for Mobile and Internet Businesses event
Today we are at the Finance for Mobile and Internet Businesses event, that we organized together with the South East England Development Agency for promising start-ups and investors. This is just one...
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Feature: Market trends
While we are working hard to get our BIG core feature out really soon, I wanted to highlight one nice little feature in our service that we added in our previous update – The Market Trends. When the...
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Future of Venture Capital
Image via Wikipedia Today I was reading one of my favorite VC blogs AVC by Fred Wilson about “The Venture Diet is Working“, where he says: 2010 will be an interesting year. If VC investments go back...
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Risk Assessment of Embedded Mobility Propositions
Today Jouko is giving a speach at the Informa Telecoms & Media’s Embedded Connectivity conference in London. The conference is about bringing the entire ecosystem together to discuss the...
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Grow VC affiliate model
As part of our software update today, we are excited to announce our affiliate model. The affiliate concept itself is no different to other affiliate marketing programs out there, but what makes our...
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What is our market position?
Image via Wikipedia Anytime a new player is entering the markets, there becomes a need to clarify “their market position”, ie. to try and figure out to “what box this belongs to”. Naturally this will...
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Welcome to The Year Of Tiger
Happy Chinese New Year! The Year of the Tiger will bring far reaching changes for everyone. New inventions and incredible technological advances have a good chance of occurring. For all of the Chinese...
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"everyone funding startups"– Grow VC’s community funding model is launched
Crowdfunding becomes a reality for startups 15th of February 2010 – Hong Kong – Grow VC today launched its one long-awaited core business model, a community funding model. Under this model Grow VC will...
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Podcast: Grow VC presentation at Sun, Sand and Startups event
On Thursday the 18th of Feb just few days after our launch, the second triple-s/Founders Lounge co-production by Sun, Sand and Startups group took place at the Gran Foc, featuring a talk by Jouko,...
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Introducing your Community Servant
Every community needs it’s own Jonathan from Spotify, to bring you the latest updates and news – and that’s me. I thought I’d take a moment to introduce myself to all you avid followers of this here...
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The first Grow VC Podcast – Everyone Funding Startups was launched just a few hours ago. Our first discussion topic was “the Future of Funding” as suggested by one of our Twitter followers, thank you...
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Grow VC Podcast: Credibility
The second Grow VC Podcast – Everyone Funding Startups was released onto the world just a while ago. This time around, our discussion topic was “Credibility: How To Convince Your Audience” as suggested...
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Grow VC at Mobile Brain Bank – 13th of April
Tonight Grow VC is participating in an event hosted by Mobile Brain Bank. The presentation from this event is available here for your viewing pleasure! Mobile Brain Bank is a network of entrepreneurs...
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Grow VC Podcast: Funding
We’ve just released the newest episode to our Grow VC Podcasts – Everyone Funding Startups. This episode’s title is Funding – a Startups Perspective. I was joined by Grow VC founders Jouko Ahvenainen...
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Closing our service investment round & moving on to first funding round
We’re now moving in such pace that some of the new stuff we do, quickly becomes yesterdays news and I almost forgot to share our yesterdays announcement also in here. Hit this link to read the release....
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Grow VC has no commission and costs per investment are less than 0.5%
Our model has several components and we have noticed that there have been misunderstandings about our commission. Of the membership fee, we keep 25% to run our operations – but it doesn’t mean we have...
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Los Angeles Capital Creation and Crowdfunding Conference
The Soho Loft, TSL, organizes a capital market and crowdfunding conference in Los Angeles on March 13 and 14. In this remarkable moment in history, the U.S. regulatory environment, its capital markets...
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Grow VC and the World Bank partner up in Africa
It is an exciting time right now in Africa. Over the past several years, we have seen a large growth and boom in Africa, specifically in parts of East Africa. One of the industries that is leading the...
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The Skimmler case: Building a Startup from Asia
We strongly believe there are excellent startups, good ideas and also potential investors around the world. Grow VC also expands its own activities beyond crowdfunding to foster startup success stories...
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Berlin – An Emerging Startup Hub
Berlin is taking a position to be one of the leading startup hubs in Europe. Now, it is probably already #2 after London. Berlin and London are very different places with different history. London is...
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Transatlantic Economic Forum on Funding
The US Government and the EU Commission invited Grow VC to participate and add it’s expertise on new funding models, in a high profile Transatlantic Economic Forum on funding for more economic...
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Universities As Startup Factories
(Photo credit: sustainablerotterdam) At GrowVC we are working with universities around the world by providing the tools and processes that can systematically increase the visibility and the results of...
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Mobile World Congress event – Where the Money Meets the Talent
Mobile Monday and the Grow VC Group organize a conference about mobile startup funding at the Mobile World Congress 2013. The event will be a part of the “Bringing The Community Together” event on...
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Grow VC’s Jouko Ahvenainen voted Top 100 Digital Influencers
It’s not often one gets to play on the same team as Guy Kawasaki. The Silicon Valley thought-leader recently joined the Grow VC Group at SXSW, amidst cheers from the Dallas Stars Ice Girls. It’s also...
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Grow VC Group Acquires Personal Crowdfunding Platform Kapipal
London, July 8, 2013 – Grow VC Group announces its acquisition of Kapipal, a personal crowdfunding platform. Kapipal continues its existing crowdfunding operations, with plans in place to expand the...
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Startup Commons, Grow VC spin-off, Launched Startup Platform in Kauffman Event
Boulder, Colorado, July 15, 2013 – Startup Commons launched its new startup community platform July 13, when Valto Loikkanen from Startup Commons spoke in a Kauffman Foundation event in Boulder,...
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September 23 – A Step Toward Better Growth Ecosystems
We created Grow VC to get the funding market to work better. Now September 23 is an important date, when the US JOBS Act’s Title II removes the non-solicitation ban in the US. Grow VC Group has...
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Players Club: New Theater & TV Financing – Part II
Broadway Avenue and Wall Street will converge once again at the historic Players Club as thought leaders in the financial and entertainment industry explore together the new laws that will allow show...
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Grow VC Group Makes Strategic Investment in Crowdbaron
Hong Kong, October 31, 2013 – Grow VC Group announces it has made a strategic investment in Crowdbaron, a crowd investing service specializing in global real estate. Crowdbaron continues its existing...
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Crowd Valley’s Chairman and CEO nominated in the Top 100 Crowdfunding Thought...
Last week, Our Crowd published a list of the 100 Most Influential Thought Leaders in the world. Most of the listed persons are from the US, even though there are many crowdfunding activities all around...
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Grow Venture Community is now Startup Crowdfunding
We started Grow VC in 2009 to innovate the global financial market. The first service was officially launched under growvc.com in 2010, a global equity crowdfunding marketplace for startups. At the...
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Grow VC and Hatch PR forge partnership in internet business acceleration
Press release — London, 20 March 2014, 9:00am Grow VC Group (www.growvc.com) today announces a new equity partnership with Hatch PR (www.hatch-pr.com). Combining expertise in the fields of business...
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Silicon Valley Crowdfunding Conference in Palo Alto
Silicon Valley Crowdfund Conference by CrowdFundBeat in Palo Alto on April 3 and 4 will bring together traditional private investors, finance experts and crowdfunders. The conference provides the...
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TradeUp Capital Fund, new crowdfunding platform for export-driven small and...
PALO ALTO, CALIFORNIA – 3 April 2014 – TradeUp Capital Fund, a new equity crowdfunding platform uniquely serving globalizing companies, announced its launch today at the Silicon Valley Crowdfunding...
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Private Equity and Venture Capital in Asia
British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association, BVCA, organized Private Equity and Venture Capital in Asia event in London. Grow VC Group and Crowd Valley Inc. participated in the event. The...
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